Excerpt from Inquiry Into the Relation of Cause and Effect In these views, the whole philosophy of power or causation appears to me to be comprised; but, in consequence of the very important lights which some of Mr hume's speculations have thrown on it, and, still more, on account of the misconceptions which have universally prevailed with respect to the extent of his scepticism on this subject, I have thought it necessary to add, in a fourth part, some remarks on the errors of his doctrine itself, and on the errors of those who have ascribed to him a very diffe rent doctrine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.